Positioning system and method for determining the position of fans
Assigneeebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsRalph Wystup, Markus Humm, Alexander Rau
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a method for determining the positions of a number of fans (Vn,m) for generating an air flow in a preferably enclosed space, which have a speed sensor for determining their position, wherein the fans (Vn,m) are arranged in rows (R1, R2, . . . , Rn) and columns (S1, S2, . . . , Sm), wherein at least the position (i, j) of one fan (Vi,j) is known.
Claims19
A method for determining the positions of a number of fans (Vn,m) for generating an air flow in a space, the fans having a speed sensor for determining their position, wherein the fans (Vn,m) are arranged in rows (R1, R2, . . . , Rn) and columns (S1, S2, . . . , Sm), wherein at least the position (i, j) of one fan (Vi,j) is known, the method comprising the following steps:
- a) driving the at least one fan (Vi,j) the position of which is known in order to initiate a rotation of at least those fans (Vn,m) which are arranged in an adjacent row or column position;
- b) detecting the speed of the fans (Vn,m) driven by the air flow generated in this manner using a detector and controller and determining the potential neighborhood positions of these fans based on an iterative exclusion algorithm,
- c) wherein the steps a) and b) are repeated for the fans (Vn,m) respectively determined after step b) until all positions (n,m) of the fans have been determined.
The method according to any claim 15, wherein the position (n, m) of the fan (Vn+1,m;
- Vn,m+1) in step k) is determined by comparing the indices n and m of an already existing marking to the newly created marking, wherein the respective higher index represents the index for the determined position (n, m).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.